CARLI is pleased to share upcoming Professional Development Alliance (PDA) offerings. “Intercultural Awareness & Microaggressions: Keys to Understanding Power and Privilege“ Alejandro Gómez will introduce you to three very important topics – intercultural competency, microaggressions, and power and privilege. As a participant, you will gain a better understanding and appreciation for your own experiences and…
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Registration Open for Library Accessibility Alliance Webinar “Transforming Librarianship to Model Neuroinclusion in Libraries”–Wed., Feb. 28, 2:00-3:00 PM CDT
(via Laurie Neuerburg, University of Iowa) Registration is open for the Library Accessibility webinar “Transforming Librarianship to Model Neuroinclusion in Libraries”. It will take place on Wednesday, February 28, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration. While libraries are increasingly implementing practices and services designed…
Call for Submissions: Network of the National Library of Medicine’s Data Visualization Challenge–Deadline Sun., March 31
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center at Northwestern University) Have you attended an NNLM training, joined an NNLM event, or received an NNLM grant? Are you a health sciences librarian or staff in a library or non-library setting? Are you a library or information student? If you are, consider submitting your…
Call for Participation: Illinois Library Association’s Strategic-Planning Survey–Open to Members and Non-Members
(via the Illinois Library Association) ILA is currently developing its three-year strategic plan (2024-2027). The current strategic plan was adopted by the ILA Executive Board on April 18, 2019. Originally intended to be a three-year plan in effect from 2019-20 through 2021-22, it was extended for one year by the Executive Board vote in September…
Registration Open for NNLM Webinar “Advancing Rural Health: Utilizing State Rural Offices and Plans to Create Healthier Communities”–Tues., Feb. 6, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT
(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine) Registration is open for the NNLM webinar ” Advancing Rural Health: Utilizing State Rural Offices and Plans to Create Healthier Communities”. It will take place on Tuesday, February 6, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration….
Call for Proposals: Kennesaw State University’s All Things Open Week (Online Mon., April 15 – Thurs., April 18)–Deadline Fri., March 1
(via Chelsee Dickson, Kennesaw State University) We invite all interested parties to submit a presentation proposal for Kennesaw State University Libraries’ second annual celebration of All Things Open Week, co-hosted by Texas Tech University Libraries! The event will take place from Monday, April 15, to Thursday, April 18. All sessions will be virtual. You might…
Enrollment Open for Self-Paced “Working with Mental Health Situations in Library Settings” Online Course
(via CARLI) The School of Social Work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has created a self-paced online training course for library staff on navigating mental health situations that patrons experience and how to interact with those patrons, “Working with Mental Health Situations in Library Settings“. The training course is intended to provide a basic…
Call for Proposals: ACRL Critical Digital Humanities Cookbook–Deadline Fri., Feb. 23
(via Fiona Kovacaj, Toronto Metropolitan University) We are accepting chapter (“recipe”) proposals on instructional activities for teaching about the Digital Humanities through a critical lens. Activities in this cookbook will encourage participants to think about theoretical and methodological issues in the field. Some theoretical paradigms/frameworks that can be applied to the recipes include critical media…
Registration Open for Free Online Panel Discussion and Q&A “Exploring Librarianship as a Profession”–Tues., Feb. 20, 3:00-4:30 PM CDT
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) Registration is open for the free online presentation “Exploring Librarianship as a Profession”. It will take place on Tuesday, February 20, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM CDT. The event will consist of a panel discussion, followed by a Q&A. Indiana University’s Bloomington campus library is the host. Are you…
Call for Participants: Hackathon to Develop Teaching and Learning Materials for AI literacy (Wed., April 3, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA)–Deadline Mon., Feb. 5
(via Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University) Participate in the creation of a dynamic, multimodal, diverse, sustainable collection of openly-licensed materials to enhance algorithm and AI literacy! The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries is hosting a hackathon to develop teaching and learning materials for AI literacy. The goal of the Hackathon is to gather academic librarians,…